High Mileage Tips, Tricks, and Philosophy, with Boulder Underground's Matt Meyer

High Mileage Tips, Tricks, and Philosophy, with Boulder Underground's Matt Meyer

Matt Meyer is a member of the Boulder Underground team, a running and strength coach at Revo Physiotherapy and Sports Performance, and owns a 2:34 marathon PR. With the help of an impressively high mileage training schedule, Matt's hoping to demolish that PR with a 2:25 this December at CIM (California International Marathon).

Matt can now handle mileage that's jaw dropping to most of us. In our conversation, Matt and I discuss the the details of high mileage running:

  • The necessity of balancing very easy and very hard running
  • Why running requires having a continuous conversation with your body
  • How strength work builds a foundation for durability
  • The importance of seeing every training block as a stepping stone
  • How to pick the low hanging fruit when it comes to recovery (hint: eat and sleep!)
  • Why training PRs are just as important as race PRs

No matter how many miles you run each week, there's a lot to be learned from my conversation with Matt. Enjoy!

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